Destinations
Art-directed.
Asia35.68° N 139.76° E
Tokyo
東京Japan
Small streets, enormous city.
Asia37.57° N 126.98° E
Seoul
서울South Korea
A wide river through the middle, mountains at the edges, and alleys in between.
Asia1.29° N 103.85° E
Singapore
Singapore
Shophouse rows, hawker tables, and an afternoon storm right on time.
Asia24.45° N 54.38° E
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
An island grid in shallow water, with smaller islands scattered all around it.
Asia36.20° N 37.13° E
Aleppo
Syria
A citadel on a hill in the centre, and old lanes spreading out on every side.
Asia39.93° N 32.86° E
Ankara
Turkey
A castle on a hill above the old town, and a capital laid out on the plain below.
Asia36.90° N 30.71° E
Antalya
Turkey
Cliffs along a wide bay, an old harbour tucked below, and mountains across the water.
Asia33.32° N 44.37° E
Baghdad
Iraq
A wide river looping through the middle, and neighbourhoods on both banks.
Asia40.38° N 49.83° E
Baku
Azerbaijan
A wide curved bay, a walled old town above it, and hills climbing behind.
Asia8.34° S 115.09° E
Bali
Indonesia
Rice terraces on the slopes, mountains in the middle, and surf all round.
Asia6.92° S 107.62° E
Bandung
Indonesia
A wide basin ringed with volcanic mountains, and a city filling the floor.
Asia12.97° N 77.59° E
Bangalore
India
High flat ground, lakes scattered through the city, and old market streets.
Asia13.76° N 100.50° E
Bangkok
Thailand
A wide river in long loops, canals off both banks, and towers along the water.
Asia39.90° N 116.41° E
Beijing
China
Ring roads around ring roads, old lanes inside them, and mountains to the west.
Asia33.89° N 35.50° E
Beirut
Lebanon
A headland in the sea, a seafront walk around it, and hills climbing to the east.
Asia39.77° N 64.43° E
Bukhara
Uzbekistan
A flat plain, a tight old centre of lanes, and ancient roads running east and west.
Asia30.66° N 104.06° E
Chengdu
China
Ring roads one inside the next, a river looping through, and a flat basin.
Asia13.08° N 80.27° E
Chennai
India
A long straight beach, flat ground behind it, and two rivers out to the sea.
Asia22.33° N 91.83° E
Chittagong
Bangladesh
A river mouth crowded with ships, low hills inland, and the bay just beyond.
Asia29.56° N 106.58° E
Chongqing
China
Two rivers round a steep peninsula, roads stacked up the slopes, and bridges.
Asia6.93° N 79.86° E
Colombo
Sri Lanka
A long sea-facing strip, a lake in the middle, and the old fort by the harbour.
Asia38.91° N 121.61° E
Dalian
China
Hills running down to the sea, a harbour bay, and roads circling round plazas.
Asia33.51° N 36.31° E
Damascus
Syria
Bare mountains to the west, a river running out of them, and old lanes at the centre.
Asia28.67° N 77.22° E
Delhi
India
A wide river on the east side, a rocky ridge to the west, and ring roads between.
Asia23.76° N 90.39° E
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Rivers on every side, lakes threaded through the middle, and flat delta ground.
Asia25.29° N 51.53° E
Doha
Qatar
A crescent bay, a waterfront road around it, and towers rising on the far tip.
Asia25.26° N 55.29° E
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
A creek, a coast of man-made islands, and towers along a single long road.
Asia5.41° N 100.33° E
George Town
Malaysia
Old streets packed onto the island's north-east point, and jetties over the water.
Asia23.13° N 113.26° E
Guangzhou
China
A broad river through the middle, islands in the stream, and many bridges.
Asia35.86° N 129.22° E
Gyeongju
South Korea
Temple ruins and palace grounds on a low plain, with hills all around.
Asia45.76° N 126.63° E
Harbin
China
A wide river, a large island opposite, and long, hard winters.
Asia34.39° N 132.46° E
Hiroshima
Japan
Rivers fanning out across a flat delta, with bridges at almost every turn.
Asia22.28° N 114.16° E
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
A deep harbour between two shores, and steep peaks rising behind them both.
Asia17.36° N 78.47° E
Hyderabad
India
A river through the old city, bare rock on the plateau, and a big lake north.
Asia37.46° N 126.71° E
Incheon
South Korea
A long, low coast of reclaimed land, islands offshore, and a port on the west.
Asia38.42° N 27.13° E
Izmir
Turkey
A long gulf reaching inland, a city wrapped around it, and hills behind.
Asia26.92° N 75.82° E
Jaipur
India
A grid of straight bazaar streets, colonnades along them, and hills north.
Asia31.77° N 35.21° E
Jerusalem
Israel
A walled old city on high ground, with valleys falling away on every side.
Asia7.80° S 110.37° E
Yogyakarta
Indonesia
A palace compound at the centre, a long straight road north, and a mountain.
Asia24.86° N 67.00° E
Karachi
Pakistan
A flat shore on the Arabian Sea, with creeks and a deep harbour cut into it.
Asia27.72° N 85.32° E
Kathmandu
Nepal
A flat-bottomed valley, tight old lanes in the middle, and ridges all the way round.
Asia9.97° N 76.24° E
Kochi
India
Islands and backwaters, a harbour mouth, and big fishing nets along the shore.
Asia22.57° N 88.36° E
Kolkata
India
A wide river, a steel bridge across it, and old streets crowding the east bank.
Asia3.14° N 101.69° E
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Two rivers meeting in the middle, towers above, and green hills all round.
Asia25.04° N 102.72° E
Kunming
China
A long lake to the south, hills to the west, and a high plateau all round.
Asia29.38° N 47.98° E
Kuwait City
Kuwait
A flat shoreline along a wide bay, with ring roads stepping out inland.
Asia31.57° N 74.31° E
Lahore
Pakistan
A river to the north-west, a dense old core, and canal-side roads running south.
Asia19.88° N 102.13° E
Luang Prabang
Laos
A narrow tongue of land between two rivers, and a hill at its centre.
Asia26.23° N 50.59° E
Manama
Bahrain
Flat land at the sea's edge, causeways to nearby islands, and shallow water.
Asia14.60° N 120.98° E
Manila
Philippines
A wide bay, a winding river, and an old walled quarter by the water.
Asia21.42° N 39.83° E
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
A narrow valley among bare hills, with the city filling every fold of it.
Asia24.47° N 39.61° E
Medina
Saudi Arabia
A flat plain, ring roads circling the centre, and a mountain to the north.
Asia19.08° N 72.88° E
Mumbai
India
A long peninsula, a curved seafront, and a deep harbour on the inside.
Asia12.30° N 76.64° E
Mysore
India
A palace at the centre, broad roads around it, and a lone hill to the southeast.
Asia32.06° N 118.80° E
Nanjing
China
An old city wall, lakes inside and out, and the Yangtze along the west side.
Asia11.56° N 104.93° E
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Two rivers joining in front of town, a long riverfront, and an island opposite.
Asia11.94° N 79.81° E
Pondicherry
India
A grid of straight streets, a seafront promenade, and the Bay of Bengal beyond.
Asia18.52° N 73.86° E
Pune
India
Two rivers joining by the old city, hills to the west, and plateau all round.
Asia24.64° N 46.72° E
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
A wide flat grid on the plateau, with a long valley down its western side.
Asia39.65° N 66.98° E
Samarkand
Uzbekistan
Old domes and madrasas, a wide square between them, and long avenues beyond.
Asia15.37° N 44.19° E
Sana'a
Yemen
Tall tower houses of earth, gardens between them, and mountains on every side.
Asia25.35° N 55.42° E
Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
A lagoon in the middle, covered souks near the water, and a long open seafront.
Asia22.54° N 114.06° E
Shenzhen
China
Wide straight boulevards, a bay to the west, and a border river to the south.
Asia29.61° N 52.54° E
Shiraz
Iran
A seasonal riverbed, old gardens, and bare hills along the edge of the valley.
Asia7.26° S 112.75° E
Surabaya
Indonesia
A river delta, a narrow strait, and a long bridge out to the island opposite.
Asia41.31° N 69.28° E
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Wide avenues, big squares, and canals running in long lines across a flat city.
Asia41.69° N 44.80° E
Tbilisi
Georgia
A river gorge, a fortress on the ridge, and old houses stacked up the slopes.
Asia32.09° N 34.78° E
Tel Aviv
Israel
A straight Mediterranean shore, a long beach, and a grid of streets behind it.
Asia8.51° S 115.26° E
Ubud
Indonesia
Rice fields reaching to the edge of town, and river valleys cutting through.
Asia17.98° N 102.63° E
Vientiane
Laos
A long, low riverfront, a few wide avenues, and a great stupa to the north-east.
Asia30.59° N 114.31° E
Wuhan
China
Two rivers joining, three old towns on their banks, and lakes all through.
Asia34.26° N 108.94° E
Xi'an
China
A rectangular city wall, a grid inside it, and a wide flat plain all round.
Asia16.80° N 96.16° E
Yangon
Myanmar
Two rivers meeting, a grid by the water, and a gilded pagoda above it all.
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Afghanistan1
Armenia1
Azerbaijan1
Bahrain1
Bangladesh2
Bhutan1
Cambodia2
Hong Kong1
Kuwait1
Kyrgyzstan1
Lebanon1
Macau1
Maldives1
Mongolia1
Nepal1
Oman1
Qatar1
Singapore1
Sri Lanka1
Taiwan1
Tajikistan1
Thailand2
Turkmenistan1
Vietnam3
Yemen1